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Gauteng Branch News<br />
Surviving COVID-19 with muscular dystrophy<br />
By Joy Davis<br />
My name is Joy. I am 60 years old and living<br />
with muscular dystrophy. In May 2021 I got<br />
COVID-19, and I was hospitalised for about two<br />
weeks in Milpark Hospital before I recovered.<br />
I had caught the virus when one of my<br />
neighbours passed by near my door. She<br />
greeted me and told me not to come nearer<br />
to her as she had just tested positive for<br />
COVID-19. The lady was not wearing a face<br />
mask and we were not positioned close to one<br />
another.<br />
After I woke up in hospital I couldn’t remember what had caused me to land up there. Later my<br />
husband, Larry, told me that I had passed out, and an ambulance had come and taken me to the<br />
hospital. There I was told that I had COVID-19 and would be treated in hospital. Luckily I had<br />
already had my first jab of vaccine and was just waiting to go and get another one. While in hospital<br />
I was given too many medications, but the good part is that I was never on a ventilator and could<br />
breathe well by myself.<br />
The experience of having the virus and being in hospital was very bad. I’m glad that I made it out.<br />
I would like to encourage those who have not been vaccinated to consider doing so. I strongly<br />
believe that those who are vaccinated stand a good chance of overcoming COVID-19.<br />
It is also important to always follow the rules and regulations for reducing the spread of COVID-19:<br />
wearing your face mask whenever you are in contact with someone, keeping your social distance,<br />
and washing your hands regularly.<br />
I learnt that you don’t really have to be positioned close to someone in order to catch COVID-19.<br />
You can be quite far away from them, but without a face mask anything can happen.<br />
947 Ride Joburg 2021<br />
By Robert Scott<br />
The second-largest timed cycling event in the<br />
world, 947 Ride Joburg 2021, saw 29 cyclists<br />
take on the event in support of the Muscular<br />
Dystrophy Foundation of South Africa, Gauteng<br />
Branch. The team was made up of 19 adults and<br />
10 children.<br />
The road event started and ended for the first<br />
time at the FNB Stadium and had an all-new<br />
route for the Muscle Riders to tackle. Many<br />
obstacles were overcome and the entire team<br />
completed the race and achieved their goals<br />
of supporting those affected with muscular<br />
dystrophy.<br />
Our kids’ team took on the annual kids’ race<br />
event at Steyn City and had an amazing day doing their part and riding for a purpose!<br />
We would like to thank all those who participated and assisted the Foundation in bringing hope to<br />
all of its members. Muscle Riders did it again!<br />
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